Foundations of the Extra Lesson

This is a rare and marvelous book, one who’s content actually goes beyond the vast hopes that the title evokes. It is truly must-read material for anyone working to foster and balance children’s development.

In it, Joep Eikenboom links Audrey McAllen’s Extra Lesson work to a rich and potent understanding of Rudolf Steiner’s observations and insights. He then moves on to firmly and clearly find the connecting points between McAllen’s discoveries, Steiner’s science of the spirit and modern day neurology, psychology and physiology. Had he stopped there, for a well-deserved rest, we would all still have been endebted to him.

However, that is not where he stops: once he has laid the foundation of understanding, Eikenboom goes on to describe and explain many, many exercises and describes in intimate terms how they address different human conditions. His explanations are clear and easy to follow, exciting in their accessibility and usefulness.